Diamantia sto gymno sou soma (1972)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Omiros Efstratiadis

Writers:

Vagelis Katsanis (writer)
Giannis Tziotis (writer)

Release Date:

July 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Plot:

Two gangs engage in violent war for the possession of a valuable lot of robbed diamonds. Erotism and humour temper the suspense and gore. |

Plot Keywords:

Gang | Diamonds | Erotic | Femme Fatale | Gunfight

Cast

Eleni Anousaki	...	Bella
Kostas Karagiorgis	...	Sorokos
Hristos Nomikos	...	Simos
Rita Bensousan	...	Persa
Paul Mark Elliott	...	Paul (as Mark Elliott)
Lefteris Giftopoulos	...	Police Inspector
Andreas Barkoulis	...	Grekos
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dimitris Bloukos	...	Garbis
Mirka Danezi	...	Girl #1
Vicky Georgopoulou	...	Girl #2
Aliki Gika
Vassilis Kolovos	...	Police Officer
Viky Konstadinidou	...	Maid
Giorgos Mattheou
Stathis Psaltis	...	Jeweller
Kostas Rigas	...	Inspector's Assistant
Eleni Roda	...	Singer
M. Tobra

Directed by
Omiros Efstratiadis		(English version)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vagelis Katsanis		writer
Giannis Tziotis		writer (as Yannis Tziotis)

Produced by
Grigoris Dimitropoulos	....	producer

Original Music by
Andreas Prezas

Cinematography by
Aris Stavrou

Film Editing by
Nikos Kavoukidis

Art Direction by
Theodosis Davlos

Costume Design by
Theodosis Davlos

Makeup Department
Giorgos Rois	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Max Roman	....	executive in charge of production
Stamatis Vlassis	....	production manager (as Takis Vlasis)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yiannis Hartomatzidis	....	assistant director

Art Department
Stavros Mandas	....	propman

Sound Department
Nikos Despotidis	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Spiros Gogonis	....	still photographer
P. Pantazis	....	assistant camera
Kostas Papadopoulos	....	electrician
Stamatis Tsipas	....	electrician (as St. Tsipas)
Aristeidis Valsamidis	....	electrician

Production Companies

• G.D. Films

Distributors

• G.D. Films (1972) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Film Corporation (1972) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Peerless Films (1975) (Canada) (as "Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh") (dubbed)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (USA) (video) (dubbed)
• Talma Filmes

Other Companies

• Sklavis Studio  color processing
• Studio ERA  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Diamantia sto gymno kormi tis (Greece) (TV title)
Diamonds on Her Naked Flesh (International: English title)
Ta thanasima diamantia (Greece) (TV title)
Operação Diamantes (Portugal) [pt]

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Portugal:M/18

Company:

G.D. Films

"over-the-top" Greek exploitation!!!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

i love these kinds of films. but for all the wrong reasons. why? i can't explain. but lovers of the bad movie genre (a genre definitely in the works)will understand. this film is actually pretty good in certain areas. the plot seems steady, some of the action sequences are quite gripping, particularly if you like raw film-making. and the actual "fist fighting" scenes are classic. these actors did not know one thing about how to throw a punch. their fighting abilities are clumsy at best. kinda like the legendary fight sequence in 'bridget jones diary" only in this movie i found myself laughing even harder because these actors (i think)were taking this very seriously. omiros efstratiadis' general direction in this film is better than most other entries i have seen of his. the actors do a reasonable job, but it does slip into that daytime melodrama type thing. but that's the directors fault. overall, "Diamonds on her naked Flesh" (the English translation)is an unbalanced film, but it still manages to deliver the goods for those of you who are into the bad movie genre. if you can find it, there's very little chance you'll find it with subtitles. there may be an English dubbed version, but the story is quite easy to follow if you don't understand Greek.